Wire fence



No. 622,8". Patented Apr. n, |899. u. s. KuowLToN.

WIRE FENCE.

'(Applition med Aug. 18, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES 7 PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL S. KNOWLTON, OF PERRY, NEW YORK.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,811, dated April i1, 1899.

' Application niet Arigust 19,1998. sentire. 688,897. (No man.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL S. KNowLToN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Perry, in the county of Wyoming and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wire Fences, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class vof wire fences having horizontal wires crossed by vertical wires; and the objects of my improvementV are, -iirst, to provide a simple and secure fastening or clasp easily and quickly applied. for attaching the vertical and lateral wires of afence together at each point of crossing;` second, to provide a clasp that will adjust itself to fit the different sizes of wire ordinarily used in this class of fencing, and, third, to provide a bend in the line-wires where the clasps are and made when putting them on. I attain these objects in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Y Figure l is a front View of the clasp. Fig. 2 is a View of the left side of the same; Fig. 3, a front View of the clasp placed in position on the wires ready for fastening; Fig. 4f, a view of the right side of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, afront view of the clasp attached, holding itself and the wires together in position; and Fig. 6, a top view of the same, showing bend in the line-wire.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is that part of the wire clasp manipulated while completing the lock.

D is the hook at the oppositeend of the clasp from A and engages one of the main Wires of the fence when in position.

B is a vertical and C a horizontal wire of the fence. l

The clasp is intended to be made of wire of suflicient size so that the operation of drawing A spirally onto the stay will bend the line-wire a little, asl shown in Fig. 6, and should also be large enough to eliminate all danger of the hook D straightening.

When heavy vertical stay-rods B are used, they should be bent, barbed, or corrugated, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, to prevent the clasp from being slid up or down on them. lVhen smaller stays are used, applying the clasp will bend both the vertical and horizonferent views, and its size is such that it will' t the dierent sizes of wire generally used in this class of fence by bringing the part A sufficiently forward to bring the clasp in contact with the main Wires of the fence at three points, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. A is then drawn spirally around the vertical wire with a splicer or other suitable tool that will draw the clasp tight at every point of contact and leave it so after the clasp is completed and the tool removed, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The improved wire-fence-stay clasp set forth, consisting of one piece of wire, straight from one end for a little more than one-half its length, continuing with a semicircular section, the plane of which is at an'an gle of about forty-five degrees to the straight part and terminating with a hook turned back on the sameside of the plane ofthe semicircular section as the straight part; adapted to receive two wires, crossed at right angles, and suitable to bind them together in position, all substantially as set forth. 1

2. The horizontal wire of a fence crossed on the front by a vertical wire or picket, in combination with a clasp consisting of a piece of wire, having a hook at one end engaged around and in contact with the back of the horizontal Wire at the right of the picket, also a 'semicircular section resting against the front of the picket a little above the level of the horizontal wire and also having a curve in contact with the back of the horizontal wire at the left of the picket, and having the rest of the clasp wound spirally around the picket below the horizontal wire substantially as shown and described and for the purposes specified.

DANIEL S. KNOWLTON. Witnesses:

W. D. OLMsTED, JOHN W. OLIN. 

